1 Samuel 6:1
The LORD’s ark was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:1Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
1 Samuel 5:10So they sent God’s ark to Ekron. As God’s ark came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here to us, to kill us and our people.”
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 6:1
In this chapter we have the return of the ark to the land of Israel, whither we are now gladly to attend it, and observe, I. How the Philistines dismissed it, by the advice of their priests ( ver. 1-11 ), with rich presents to the God of Israel, to make an atonement for their sin ( ver. 3-5 ), and yet with a project to bring it back, unless Providence directed the kine, contrary to their inclination, to go to the land of Israel, ver. 8, 9 . II. How the Israelites entertained it. 1. With great joy and sacrifices of… Read the whole commentary →